THE JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY

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• Release Year: 1991
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Before Madonna… Before Marilyn… There Was Josephine.; ; Outrageous, shocking, sensational - Josephine Baker (Lynn Whitfield) was born poor, but achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic and erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success takes Josephine to Paris where her semi-nude dancing causes an international sensation. Through her marriages to an Italian pseudo-count (Ruben Blades) and orchestra leader (David Dukes), to her bond with army officer Sidney Williams (Louis Gossett, Jr.), Josephine's life is a roller coaster ride of love and rejection from both her lovers and her country. But semi-nude, or head-to-toe in sequins; in battle fatigues or rags - her beauty and ambition ensured that Josephine Baker will always be remembered as the first, and possibly most loved, truly international star.
• Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr., Craig T. Nelson, Kene Holliday, Vivian Bonnell, Mayah McCoy, Ainslie Currie, Pierre Magny, Franco Britt, George Faison, Robert Lesser, Luis Reyes, Vivienne Eytle, Eartha Robinson, Paula Brown, Ann Harrington, Zoltán Gera, Gábor Csíkos, Noel Weekes Jr., Péter Kertész, Gregory Orr, János Gosztonyi, Tibor Kenderesi, Steven R. McGlothen, Richard Rothenstein, Sherry Baumgart, Debbie Javor, Iván Angelusz, András Márton, Dean Tschetter, Richard Battagna, Gábor Ferenczi, András Monory Mész, Jimmy Smith, Marietta Carter-Narcisse, Laszlo Dozsa Jr., Fajer Khaled, János Vészi, Attila Lõte, Brian Gibson, Ron Hutchinson, Michael Zagor
• Director: Brian Gibson
• Runtime: 2:11
• Company: HBO Video
• Media Format: Movie